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1. Midsommar (2019)
R | 148 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper
Votes: 404,983 | Gross: $27.33M
2. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Votes: 35,594
3. Goliath Awaits (1981)
PG | 200 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A team of scientists discover a secret underwater community within the wreck of an ocean liner that sank during World War II.
Stars: Mark Harmon, Christopher Lee, Eddie Albert, John Carradine
Votes: 1,201
4. The Hunters (1996)
R | 113 min | Crime, Thriller
A Stockholm cop moves back home to his brother near Norway and Finland. He investigates out of control reindeer poaching. He confiscates rifles with no permits. Everybody, even his brother and local cops, are against him. Things escalate.
Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Lennart Jähkel, Jarmo Mäkinen, Tomas Norström
Votes: 9,441
5. Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
R | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Johnathon Schaech, Rod Taylor, Susie Porter, Dee Smart
Votes: 2,091 | Gross: $0.04M
6. Milka: Elokuva tabuista (1980)
110 min | Drama
In a small Finnish Lapland community, Milka, an innocent 14-year-old girl lives with her mother, misses her dead father and prays God to show her what love is. For haymaking, they employ a ... See full summary »
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Irma Huntus, Leena Suomu, Matti Turunen, Eikka Lehtonen
Votes: 387
7. The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa
Votes: 3,794
8. Crash of Moons (1954 TV Movie)
Unrated | 78 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
This was never released as a feature film but, instead, is comprised of 3 episodes from the TV series, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954) which were edited together and released on video as a feature-length story.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Richard Crane, Scotty Beckett, Sally Mansfield, Robert Lyden
Votes: 925
9. Tuftland (2017)
89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A headstrong textile student tries to overcome her problems by accepting a summer job offer in Kyrsyä, an offbeat, remote village.
Director: Roope Olenius | Stars: Veera W. Vilo, Saara Elina, Miikka J. Anttila, Ria Kataja
Votes: 464
10. Devil's Bride (2016)
R | 110 min | Drama, History
Anna is a 16-year old in a village where women are accused of witchcraft. It's based on the witch hunts on Åland, Finland in the 1600s.
Director: Saara Cantell | Stars: Tuulia Eloranta, Magnus Krepper, Elin Petersdottir, Claes Malmberg
Votes: 1,400
11. Island of Lost Souls (1974)
95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The film version of Jose Leon Sanchez's best-selling novel about the author's 20 years of imprisonment on an island ruled by brutality.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Mario Almada, Eric del Castillo, Wolf Ruvinskis, Alejandro Ciangherotti
Votes: 138
12. The End of America (2008)
74 min | Documentary
"The End of America" details the ten steps a country takes when it slides toward fascism. It's not a "lefty" taught-to-me, but rather a historical look at trends in once-functioning ... See full summary »
Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: David Antoon, Vincent Cannistraro, James Cullen, Amy Goodman
Votes: 800
13. The Quiet Village (1997)
78 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After his predecessor on a long-festering wilderness village murder case resigns for "reasons of health", a young police detective decides it's time for more forceful methods. But there's ... See full summary »
Director: Kari Väänänen | Stars: Taisto Reimaluoto, Sari Havas, Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko
Votes: 188
14. Hyvien ihmisten kylä (1993–1994)
48 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Tapio Liinoja, Jaana Järvinen, Aulis Rosendahl, Hannes Lukinmaa
Votes: 32
15. Syksyllä kaikki on toisin (1978)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Mikko Niskanen, Tea Ista, Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Aarno Sulkanen
Votes: 105
16. Onnellinen mies (1979 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
A satirical story based on Arto Paasilinna's novel about the bridge engineer Jaatinen and his activities in the municipality of Kuusmäki. Jaatinen gets along with the workers, but he is at ... See full summary »
Director: Hannu Kahakorpi | Stars: Harri Tirkkonen, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Maija-Leena Soinne, Keijo Lindroos
Votes: 248
17. Nyrölä 3 (2004 TV Movie)
55 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Tapio Piirainen | Stars: Maija Junno, Oiva Lohtander, Kai Lehtinen, Heikki Silvennoinen
Votes: 70
18. .girl (2006)
15 min | Short, Drama
Director: Manos Arvanitakis | Stars: Fay Xyla, Fanis Mouratidis, Pepi Economopoulou
19. Pyongyang Diaries (1998)
71 min | Documentary
A personal record of the director's encounter with the closed society of North Korea.
Director: Solrun Hoaas | Star: Solrun Hoaas
20. Solovetski elämän ja kuoleman luostari (1995 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History
Director: Arvo Ahlroos | Stars: Heikki Kirkinen, Patriarch Alexiy II
21. Geschlossene Gesellschaft - Missbrauch an der Odenwaldschule (2014)
90 min | Documentary
Closed Society - Abuse at the Odenwaldschule.
Director: Luzia Schmid
Votes: 6
22. Deh Namaki-ha (2008)
62 min | Documentary
Pegah Ahangarani sets out to a one woman manhunt for Masoud Dehnamaki.
Director: Pegah Ahangarani | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Pegah Ahangarani, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Votes: 114
23. Musta hurmio (1984 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Director: Tapio Suominen | Stars: Markku Toikka, Paavo Pentikäinen, Heikki Määttänen, Anneli Ranta
Votes: 15
24.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Masterpiece Society
(1992)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Working together to prevent the annihilation of a perfectly balanced, isolated society (with no contingency for outside visitors) may, in fact, destroy it.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 2,945
25.
The Family (2019)
Episode:
Chosen
(2019)
TV-14 | 54 min | Documentary, Mystery
Supporters and skeptics discuss C Street, a secrecy-shrouded residence for Washington politicians, and its sway in high-profile sex scandals.
Director: Jesse Moss | Stars: Jeff Sharlet, Gannon Sims, Lisa Getter, Jimmy Carter
Votes: 212
26.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Trading Democracy for 'National Security'
(2013)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
What the Boston bombings and drone attacks have in common, and how secrecy leads to abuse of government power.
Stars: Tom Brokaw, Glenn Greenwald, Thomas E. Mann, Bill Moyers